An Oklahoma-based company is set to open a new truck stop in Capac in about a week and is moving forward with plans for a second stop in St. Clair Township this summer.

The average development of each Love's Travel Stops and Country Stores is $11 million, with 120 jobs expected to be created between both St. Clair County developments.

The 35-acre location in Capac is off Capac Road, just north of Interstate 69. It will includes a Chester's Chicken and McDonald's restaurant and is slated to open March 22.

"It will be a welcome increase to our tax base plus an increase in area jobs," John Grzyb, Capac village president, wrote in an email. "Hopefully an increase in people moving into Capac."

Grzyb said there will be an April 4 ribbon cutting at the site.

Samantha Ramirez, Capac Chamber of Commerce program director, said she is looking forward to the opening.

"We're very excited," she said.

Ramierz said the Love's center is the biggest development Capac has seen since the opening of Fronney's Foods in 2015.

"I definitely feel like we have growth in our community," she said.

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The McDonald's across the road from the new Love's Travel Stop has closed and will be moving into the new facility. According to the restaurant's owner, the about 50 employees will be transferring.(Photo: Brian M. Wells/Times Herald)

Gani Bardha, who owns the current McDonald's across the road from the site, will be moving his operation to the new Love's facility. He said in November his about 50 employees will all transfer to the new site.

Last fall, he said he was not aware of what would happen to the current building attached to a gas station on the east side of Capac Road. McDonald's owns the building. Bardha could not be immediately reached for comment Thursday morning.